Wolves 2 Uni 1

Looking resplendent in a red wolves strip found in the change room, the whites put their biggest winning streak together with a scrappy 2-1 victory against Uni. Backing up after the euphoria of last week was always going to be hard, especially against a team playing an 8-2 formation with no intent of attacking and hoping to score on the counter.
No other way to describe it, we were flat as buggery in the first half. Camped in the Uni half for most of the time, we just couldnt get a flow going, the passes werent sticking and our shots were wide and soft. More frustrating than anything else, personally I was glad to get to half time 0-0 so we could regroup and get our minds on the game. Dennis hardly touched the ball in the first half, so there was no issue about Uni opening the floodgates in the second half, we had to be patient and play our own game.
The second half got underway, and the tempo had been picked up by the Wolves. More urgency and getting first to the 50/50's gave us even more possession, leading to SteveB opening the scoring in emphatic fashion. Nice build-up work on the left by Phil,AB and a one two between Mr21 and Steve saw a 25 metre piledriver give the goalie no chance in the left hand corner.
The match meandered on, then out of the blue a penalty was awarded to Uni, local historian being the culprit with a vicious elbow to the back of the only uni forward. Dennis pulls out a fine save, only for the penalty to be retaken for encroachment in the box. Given a second chance the ball goes in. 1-1 with 20 minutes left.
Accused of not talking up my brace last week, here we go. Pressing forward again, Andres threads a neat pass to AB lurking on the corner of the square. Controling it with my right, a stepover and a ghost to the right to fool the two defenders, then a left foot cracker across the goalie cannoning into the right post and settling in the onion bag.
We pretty much closed it out from there. Not pretty, but after last year, we will take any win. A few special mentions. Thanks to Max for refereeing, I think he quite enjoyed giving a few penalties against dad Trev. Done a fine job. Thanks to Les who spent all morning organising the match and ground, and Rod for doing a line. Showing some great team spirit gentlemen. Also Keith, in my opinion head and shoulders man of the match. Ran hard with tonnes of enthusiasm.
Next week the hogs at home. Tough.